Latest Jake M. Johnson Quotes from Interviews

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• There is always going to something very grounded about the characters I play, because of my Chicago roots, because the city is so grounded. Even my wife pointed it out when we were in the city, she said that even the architecture is grounded in Chicago, it's so solid. Because it has to deal with winters. There is something about Chicago that keeps people centered and grounded.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Character, Winter, People

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• When somebody is doing something really funny, in real life and as a performer, my instinct is to join them.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Real, Real Life, Instinct

  Source: www.etonline.com

• I never thought I'd be one of those guys who gets recognized.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Guy

  Source: www.etonline.com

• Everybody has their different tastes with television - there are some characters people like, some characters people hate.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Hate, Character, People

  Source: www.etonline.com

• I don't have an interest in being a director-for-hire on sitcoms - but if it's a really cool show that I thought I could bring something to, I would love to do that.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Directors, Really Cool, Interest

  Source: www.avclub.com

• My day job is acting - I wouldn't direct something if I didn't feel passionate about it.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Jobs, Acting, Passionate

  Source: www.avclub.com

• The craziest thing about TV directing is I turned in a version, and then they made their final changes - so I don't know what they are. So I'm like, "Ooo, I'm dying to see the final print."

  Jake M. Johnson

  Dying, Finals, Tvs

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I like to move quickly. I don't like the nature of television of just sitting around and overshooting.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Moving, Sitting, Television

  Source: www.avclub.com

• There are a lot of comedic actors who are just out to be the funny one and get all the laughs and they'll sacrifice your joke, the scene, the story just to be the star. All they want is attention and to be number one. You can spot those guys from a mile away and they're the worst.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Stars, Sacrifice, Numbers

  "Jake Johnson: It's Legal to Smoke Bad Weed". Interview With Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. August 13, 2014.

• If you have the ability to work with people smarter than you, always try to be the least smartest person in the room and surround yourself with talent, because iron sharpens iron.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Iron, People, Trying

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• Aspire to do better. Instead of being the leader of the group, be the little person.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Leader, Groups, Littles

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• If I'm in a bar and I gotta be sitting next to some clown who's like, "It's my tune," I don't want to hear you belt out Bruce Springsteen. That's why we have jukeboxes! Let's let Bruce be Bruce.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Tunes, Jukebox, Bars

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• I try to collect money and I keep it in a special place called the bank. I collect a bunch of things called money, dollar bills, and I keep them in a safe under my bed.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Special, Trying, Bed

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• I don't believe in karaoke. Let's let the singers sing.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Believe, Karaoke, Singers

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• I've always been, in games, the bad guy. If there was ever cops and robbers I was always a robber.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Games, Guy, Cop

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• I view cats as more like wild animals. We feed it, but a lot of times it's not eating the food because it's murdering other animals outside and eating their meat.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Cat, Animal, Views

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• I like dogs, but I have more respect for cats.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Dog, Cat

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• I like fictional stories - like, things that never happened but the seed of it starts as real.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Real, Fictional Stories, Happened

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• I'm not a guy who sees the desire to transform with each part; I'm not a piece of clay.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Guy, Desire, Clay

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• Some actors pride themselves on disappearing into a role. I'm into the game because I like experiencing and exploring themes, so I put a lot of myself into the person.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Pride, Games, Roles

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• If I were a teacher, I would like to teach freshman English - so I could be the Robin Williams type in Dead Poets Society. I wanna be that guy. I couldn't teach seniors because they'd be smarter than me.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Senior, Teacher, Dead Poets Society

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• Problem is that my athletic abilities in my mind are greater than what my body can accomplish. And my level of fear and anxiety of getting injured is greater than my courage.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Anxiety, Athletic, Mind

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• We tried to do a show once every three weeks to a month. We'd always do a new show. It was not successful. It did not become the Matt & Ben show, but it taught me what I like to do as an actor and what I like to do comedically.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Successful, Actors, Months

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You do something like use the wrong music, the tone's off, and everything feels off". And I was like, "I'm not going down with this one. I wrote it, but I don't like that play." Then I thought, "Well, no one's producing my stuff, letting me star in it, and direct it at these theaters, so I'll just do them in comedy clubs."

  Jake M. Johnson

  Stars, Talking, Play

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• We didn't make money but we never lost money. We'd sit around Times Square with fliers, walk around the Village and try and get people to come. Now you'd just tweet it, but that was the beginning of emails, or the beginning of me doing emails - I'm sure there were people in 1986 who were doing emails.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Squares, People, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com